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Mengs, Ismael Israel
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Danish portrait-painter; born in Copenhagen 1690; died in Dresden Dec. 26, 1765. He learned the art of miniature- and enamel-painting in Lübeck, and then traveled through Germany, Italy, and Austria, earning a scant livelihood until 1764, when he was appointed professor at the Academy of Art in Dresden, and court painter to King August III., from whom he received an annuity.
Bibliography:- C. F. Bricka, Dansk Biografisk Lexicon;
- Philip Weilbach, Dansk Kunstnerlexikon.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Mengs, Ismael Israel'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/m/mengs-ismael-israel.html. 1901.